Handlebar with attachment portion
OwnerJamie Burrow, Andrew Smallwoodinventors
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Abstract
A handlebar for controlling a travelling direction of a vehicle, the handlebar comprising: a transverse support for mounting to a vehicle, the transverse support extending substantially along a first axial direction; a first grippable element extending from a first end of the transverse support, the first grippable element including a free end; wherein the first grippable element comprises an attachment portion configured to receive a mounting arrangement for mounting an attachment to the first grippable element, and wherein the attachment portion has a substantially aerofoil-shaped profile in a plane parallel to a second axial direction, said second axial direction substantially perpendicular to the first axial direction.
Claims20
A handlebar for controlling a travelling direction of a vehicle, the handlebar comprising:
- a transverse support for mounting to the vehicle, the transverse support extending substantially along a first axial direction;
- and
- a first grippable element extending from a first end of the transverse support, the first grippable element including a free end,
- wherein the transverse support comprises:
- a mounting portion for mounting to the vehicle;
- and an elongate first transverse portion extending between the mounting portion and the first grippable element,
- wherein the first grippable element extends from an end of the first transverse portion furthest from the mounting portion at a non-zero angle thereto,
- wherein the first grippable element comprises an attachment portion configured to receive a mounting arrangement for mounting an attachment to the first grippable element,
- wherein the attachment portion has a substantially aerofoil-shaped profile having a chord line arranged substantially perpendicular to the first axial direction,
- wherein the attachment portion comprises an opening configured to receive at least part of the mounting arrangement therein, and
- wherein the opening faces a direction parallel to the chord line.
An assembly comprising:
- a handlebar for controlling a travelling direction of a vehicle;
- and
- an attachment,
- wherein the handlebar comprises:
- a transverse support for mounting to the vehicle, the transverse support extending substantially along a first axial direction;
- and
- a first grippable element extending from a first end of the transverse support, the first grippable element including a free end,
- wherein the transverse support comprises:
- a mounting portion for mounting to the vehicle;
- and an elongate first transverse portion extending between the mounting portion and the first grippable element,
- wherein the first grippable element extends from an end of the first transverse portion furthest from the mounting portion at a non-zero angle thereto,
- wherein the attachment is mounted to the first grippable element via a mounting arrangement,
- wherein the mounting arrangement is received on an attachment portion of the first grippable element,
- wherein the attachment portion has a substantially aerofoil-shaped profile in a plane parallel to a second axial direction, said second axial direction substantially perpendicular to the first axial direction,
- wherein the attachment portion comprises an opening configured to receive at least part of the mounting arrangement therein, and
- wherein the attachment is one of:
- a brake mechanism, a gear shift mechanism, and a combined brake and gear shift mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.